[Travis McGee]

When Nikita Khrushchev literally gifted RUSSIAN CRIMEA to Ukraine in 1954 as part of a USSR political deal to secure his accession after the death of Stalin, the border wasn’t important, because Ukraine was just part of the USSR. It was an internal border shift, not an international border shift. This political gift was irrelevant while Ukraine was part of the USSR. But for the past 200+ years until today, Crimea has been RUSSIAN in fact if not in borders.

[Travis McGee]

Whoops, where is Ukraine? You mean RUSSIAN CRIMEA was not formerly part of Ukraine? Gee, is the MSM missing part of the story? Note the key in the lower left showing the frequent boundary shifts. Today's "crisis" in the Ukraine is more of the same history being played out. There is not a country in Eastern Europe that has not seen its boundaries shift by 100s of miles. This is par for the course.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Trivia.

If that’s your main contention then Russia should have made a legitimate claim on Crimea way back in 1991 when the USSR formally ceased to exist and not 23 years later by military invasion of SOVEREIGN UKRAINE TERRITORY.